Psalm 73 — Psalms 73:7–16

Their eyes stand out with fatness:
They have more than heart could wish.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression:
They speak loftily.

They have set their mouth in the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.

Therefore his people return hither:
And waters of a full cup are drained by them.

And they say, How doth God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Behold, these are the wicked;
And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,
And washed my hands in innocency;

For all the day long have I been plagued,
And chastened every morning.

If I had said, I will speak thus;
Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

When I thought how I might know this,
It was too painful for me;